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Because she continued to drag her feet on a hairstylist, she opted to sort of bundle it back, clip it up.
As Yoda raced downstairs and the bell rang, she took one last turn in front of the mirror.
The dogs greeted each other as if it had been years. And the generally easy-moving Trey surprised her by pulling her straight in for a long, blood-stirring kiss.
“I missed that. I missed you.”
“That’s really nice to hear.” More than a little off-balance, Sonya stepped back to let him in. “I need to get my coat.”
“I’m going to let them run around outside for a couple minutes. In case.”
She went to the closet, took a moment to breathe out. When she came back, he turned, smiled at her.
“Nice coat.”
She glanced down at the black leather that swung to mid-thigh. “I bought it for myself as a You’ve Got This present when I quit my job to go freelance.”
“Looks like it worked. How about I call the dogs in from the mudroom, get them wiped down?”
“Good idea.” She breathed out again. “Trey?”
He glanced back at her.
“I missed you, too.”
“I was hoping.”
As she stood, waiting, Clover wound up with the Beatles’ “If I Fell.”
“Just ease back. Not ready yet.”
“Clock’s back at three,” he commented as the dogs raced back ahead of him.
“Every morning. I’ve got a story for you. Tell you on the way. You boys behave. Stay out of the liquor and don’t make any prank calls.”
“Now you’ve given them ideas.”
When they went out, she looked at the gunmetal-gray sedan next to her car. “That’s not your truck.”
“No, but it’s my car.”
She slid in. “It’s nice. So, recovered from the wedding?”
“Mostly. Then today, my mother ambushed me for pictures. No headshots, no posing. That’s from you, I take it.”
“It is. Your job’s top of the list now.”
“What about Ryder? We can wait, Sonya, if you want to work on that.”
“It gets an hour a day.” Because she had a plan, and a schedule. “Which is enough until I pull it more together.”
“Just so you know, if you want to take more time for it, we’re not in a hurry. Now, what’s the story?”
“I went through the mirror again. Wait.” She held up a hand as he started to speak. “I didn’t call you because I wasn’t afraid. I wasn’t. By the end, I was just furious, but not scared.”
“All right.”
“I sense you’re not convinced, so let me start at the top.”
